Shudder if you will at the name "Kentucky Bourbon Distillers", but they are, in fact, going to have distilling facilities. I've visited there, and their distillery is under construction and looks to be not far from completion. They will be distilling and filling their existing rickhouses with their own barrels. There is nothing deceptive in their name.

Crash, thanks for your comments. KBD has been sitting on the old Willett distillery for a while and I'm glad to hear that they are planning to actually distill there (though I've been hearing this for a while).

However, the fact remains that this "distillery" does not distill a single drop of the whiskey they sell. As such, this strikes me as deceptive. If they wanted to be open, they could simply identify themselves as a non-distiller bottler of these whiskies.

Instead, their website combines pictures of the distillery with descriptions of their whiskies without a disclosure anywhere that those whiskies are not made at that distillery. By doing so, they are inviting the implication that they have a distillery that makes these whiskies.

This increases the general confusion over where whiskies are made and how many distilleries there are which is one of the reasons I started this list.

That being said, I removed the comment in question as it was editorializing on a list that I intended to be a neutral statement of facts, but that doesn't change how I feel about it.

We're so flattered you took notice of our small micro-distillery located in Pembroke, Kentucky. We not only have White Dog & Black Dog (unaged corn whiskies), we have recently added our White Rum (unaged) and True Kentucky Shine (yes, a real shine recipe, but smoothed out in our copper pot still). We are soon to have spiced rum, some flavored "shines" and of course, aged whiskies to include a bourbon. While our location is in the vicinity of St. Elmo, Kentucky, our actual distillery is named MB Roland Distillery. Feel free to visit our website at www.mbrdistillery.com. You're more than welcome to visit, taste & tour in person!

This is a fantastic list with great information. I would like to present myself and hope you will share my distillery and passion.I have built Valley Spirits in Modesto, CA. A Micro Distillery currently making Cold House Vodka by hand in small batches. I am working on Moonshine which will be labeled "Moonshine Bandits Outlaw Moonshine" and available January 2011. Next year I plan to start aging whiskey and release when it is ready under the Cold House label.Cheers,

Sku, Pennsylvania now has three distilleries making whiskey. Long time gin and vodka producer Philadelphia Distilling now maxes Shine XXX unaged corn.

The two new rye distillers (Pennsylvania rye is back!!!) include Dad's Hat (http://dadshatrye.com/) in Bucks County, the first rye distillery in PA in more than 20 years. They are laying down Monongahela-style rye for aging in quarter barrels from the get-go as well as offering white rye.

The other is Wigle Whiskey in Pittsburgh's Strip District, making wheated rye and straight wheat whiskeys. They just started distilling a few weeks ago. http://wiglewhiskey.com/index.php

Sku, I just ran into a whiskey at Binny's that I didn't find on your list: Alaskan Outlaw whiskey, produced by Alaska Distillery, Wasilla, AK. I can't tell whether they distill the whiskey themselves or they source it. They do distill several kinds of vodka. This may ramp up your number of distillieries and distilling states. Take that, Scotland!